Gravel extraction and planform change in a wandering gravel-bed river: The River Wear, Northern England

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 131-152

  Wishart, Duncan ^a   Warburton, Jeff ^a   Bracken, Louise ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floods; Gravel extraction; Planform change; Sediment budget; Wandering gravel bed river

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL CHANGE; EXTRACTION; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL; GRAVEL BED STREAM; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

DURHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEAR RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249016990     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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